Stove-hood.



I. H. RITCHIE.

STOVE HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.14, 19x4.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

- and claimed.

.. iiNiE sit JAMES H. RITCHIE, 0F MADISON, INDIANA.

STOVE-HOOD.

has for its principal obiect the production of an adiustably mountedhood which is carried above a stove for the purpose of collecting andconveying the vapors and' odors from thearticles which are being cookedinto the stove-p1pe whereby the room in which the stove is positionedwill not be filled with the odors of the cooking material.

Another object of this invention is the production of a stove hood whichis provided with a resilient bail which is so carried as to normallyremain in'engagement with the rack for the purpose of supporting thehood at a desired distance above the stove.

With these and other obiects in view this invention consists of certainnovel combinations. constructions, and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter fully described In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is afront elevation of the stove hood illustrating the manner in which thesame is used in connection with a stove. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe stove hood in use.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through the'assemhled device. Fig.4 is a section taken on the line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a fragmentarysectional view through a portion of the stove hood illustrating themanner in which the bail is secured thereto. Fig. 6 is a detailedperspective view of the bail.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals it will be seen thatthe device is used in combination with an ordinary stove 1 having theusual stove pipe or flue 2. Inasmuch as the principal object of theinvention is the production of a hood which is carried above the stoveso as to collect and convey the vapors and steam so as to discharge thesame into the stove pipe or flue 2 there is provided an elbow 3 havingone end thereof extending into the flue or stove-pipe 2 as shown inFig.3. A diagonal Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 14, 1914.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Serial No. 877,181.

brace 4 is held in engagement with the flue or stove-pipe 2 by means ofthe rivet 5 and in engagement with the elbow 3 by means of the rivet 6.seen that the elbow 3 will be efficiently supported in its correct postion. It is of course obvious that a damper 7 having a handle 8 may berotatably carried by the elbow 3 for the purpose of regulating the draftthrough i the elbow 3 as is necessary.

The elbow 3 extends downwardly for a considerable distance asis clearlyshown in Fig. 2 and the tube 9 is telescopically or slidably mountedwithin the vertical portion of the elbow 3. This tube 9 passes into theinterior of the hood 10 and is he d in engagement with the hood by meansof the solder 11 or in any other suitable manner. This hood 10 may ofcourse be made in any desired shape so as to conform substantially tothe general shape of the upper portion of the stove 1. Since this hoodis substantially conical, it will collect the vapors and odors adjacentthe outer portions of the stove and will cause the same to rise towardits central portion. \Vhen the vapors reach this point. they will passinto the tube 9 so as to be discharged into the elbow 3 and then intothe stove pipe or flue 2. In this manner it will be seen that the airwithin the room in which the stove is positioned will be pure and willbe free from the odors of cooking inasmuch as the vapors and odors willbe easily collected and discharged into the stove pipe or line 2. Inorder to retain this stove hood 10 in an adjusted position upon thestove, the elbow 3 is provided with a. rack 12,, this rack 12 beingfixedly secured to the elbow by means of the rivets 13. The teeth ofthis rack have their outer faces rounded as indicated at 14 while theirsupporting faces 15 slant inwardly toward the rear supporting back ofthe rack. The U-shaped bail 16 passes into the hood l0 and is held inengagement with the hood by means of the heads 17. Since the bail 16 ismade of a resilient strand of heavy wire, the heads 17 will positivelyretain the bail in engagement with the hood while the passing of thebail through the hood will tend to swing the bail toward a verticalposition inasmuch as the openings through which the bail extends aresubstantially the same size as the bail and therefore in order to swingthe bail outwardly it must be sprung. Consequently as soon as the bailIn this manne it will be movement of the hood is stopped the bail I willspring inwardly so as to engage one of the inner faces 15 of one of theteeth and owing to the downward slant of these faces the bail will beefficiently retained in engagement with the vrack as shown in Figs. land 3. 1

From the foregoing description it will be seen that an efiicient stovehood has been produced for the purpose of collecting and discharging theobnoxious vapors and which 1s provided wlth an efficient bail and rackfor the purpose of holding the hood in an adjusted position above thestove without danger of the hood accidentally dropping or beingotherwise displaced while in use.

What I claim is In a device of the class described the combination of anelbow, a hood, a tube carried by said hood and extending into saidelbow, said tube slidably mounted within said elbow, a rack comprising abody having a; plurality of teeth, said teeth hav ing rounded outerfaces and downwardly extending inner faces, a U-shaped resilient bailsecured to said hood, said bail being adapted to engage said rack forretaining said hood in an adjusted position, saidcurved faces of saidteeth being adapted to allow the hood to be moved upwardly since saidbail is adapted to ride over the rounded faces of said teeth, saiddownwardly extend1ng 1nner faces being adapted to carry said bail;whereby said hood may belie-1 tained in an adjusted position said bailhaving its lower ends extending through sa1d hood, heads forged upon thelower ends of said bail and fitting upon the inner facesof said hood,for supporting the same, the

portions ofsaid hood adjacentsaid bail fit-' V v ting snugly upon saidhood so thatfwhen said bail is urged from a vertical'position, thestrain on sa1d hood will tend to urge said bail to a vertical position.

In testlmony whereof I hereunto my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES H. RITCHIE. I Witnesses:

IRA MONTGOMERY, J osrrn M. ,Gnnvnns.

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